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FLOYD MAYWEATHER COMMENTS ON CANELO'S WIN OVER MIGUEL COTTO; SOUNDS OFF ON "RIDICULOUS" SCORECARDS AND CORNER ADVICE

By Ben Thompson | November 23, 2015
FLOYD MAYWEATHER COMMENTS ON CANELO'S WIN OVER MIGUEL COTTO; SOUNDS OFF ON

"You mean to tell me that Cotto didn't win at least 3 or 4 rounds. If you say 7 to 5 or 8 to 4, we can say that because a lot of rounds was very, very close in the beginning...Cotto didn't have the right trainer. He wasn't giving him the right advice," stated retired undefeated former pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather, who shared his thoughts on last Saturday's showdown between two fighters he previously beat, former world champion Miguel Cotto and newly-crowned WBC middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez. You don't want to miss what he had to say! Check it out!

BT: Floyd, obviously there was a fight in your neck of the woods this past Saturday; Cotto vs. Canelo. Personally, I thought Canelo won pretty comfortably. Some people say it was a close fight. A few, one being Juan Manuel Marquez, have even suggested that maybe it was a draw. What are you thoughts on it?

FM: Do I think that Canelo won? Absolutely. Canelo won the fight, but it wasn't no 119-109. Those crazy scores [119-109 and 118-110] that they had was ridiculous. I think Nevada has the best commission in the world, and I'm not just saying that because I live here. I'm saying that because they are fair with everyone. Not just me; they are very fair with everyone, but I do think the fight was a lot closer than 119-109. That is fucking ridiculous. In my opinion, I'm not saying this is what happened, but in my opinion, either somebody is handpicking these judges or something is going on that's not right.

BT: I think it's a combination of things. I think some of the judges have gotten too old to effectively do their job and I think others could be letting their personal opinions on certain matters come into play. Cotto didn't pay those WBC sanctioning fees. Judges are human and I'm sure they all had an opinion on that.

FM: Well, I don't know what it is. I'll let you say that, but I just feel that everyone should be treated fair. You mean to tell me that Cotto didn't win at least 3 or 4 rounds. If you say 7 to 5 or 8 to 4, we can say that because a lot of rounds was very, very close in the beginning. What's so crazy is that it seems like it always happens when Oscar De La Hoya is involved. They said my fight with Oscar De La Hoya was a split decision, which we all know was some bullshit. When I faced Canelo, one of the judges scored it a draw. I got a split decision with Oscar, I got a majority decision with Canelo, and you seen what just happened Saturday night. I'm just saying.

BT: Cotto thought he won 8 rounds to 4. He was so upset about the scorecards that he didn't even show up to the post-fight presser.

FM: I can understand him being a little hurt, but Cotto didn't have the right trainer. He wasn't giving him the right advice. What fight was he watching? When you're a trainer, you know what you have to tell a fighter if the fight is close? "Listen, you gonna have to pick up the fucking pace! You know what? The fight is extremely close." If you're losing, your coach don't need to wait for you to get to the 10th round to tell you that you losing. If your coach knows you're losing in the 4th round, if that was the case, that's when a trainer needs to step up and say, "You know what? Pick up the fucking pace. You losing," or "Fuck it! Go out like a soldier! Go for the knockout." If you get caught, that's a part of the fight game, but shit, the name of the game is kill or be killed. You gotta sacrifice something to get something.

BT: Judging from what Freddie Roach was saying during the post-fight presser, it sounded like he thought they were up on all the scorecards. He said that he thought that Cotto was outboxing and outscoring Canelo.

FM: I hear people talking about Freddie Roach is a legendary trainer, but I think Cotto was fighting the same way before he got with Freddie Roach. I think Pacquiao was fighting the same before he got with Freddie Roach. Both guys were already world champions before they got to Freddie Roach. But when Pacquiao lost to Marquez and he lost to me, they still keep talking about how legendary the coach is. When are y'all going to get on the coach's ass and say, "You know what? This coach done a fucked up job."

I know he's not 100% healthy, so I'm not really taking shots at him. I'm just speaking fact. I don't have anything against Freddie Roach, but he's not a legendary coach. As a fighter, he was a club fighter, AKA punching bag. I'ma tell you who was a good trainer that Cotto had. The Cuban coach that was working with Cotto when he fought me [Pedro Diaz]. He's a good trainer; a very, very good trainer.

You know what I think, Ben? These guys got these trainers working their training camp, holding pads, and working with them when they're not 100%. If you cannot give me 100%, I'm not going to be able to go out there and perform the way I need to perform if I don't have all the tools that I need. My uncle Roger, his mitt work kept me extremely sharp. Now, my uncle Roger is not 100%. I mean, he still holds the pads, but he's not 100%.

A lot of times, fighters get caught up with the attitude, "Oh, I used to work with him when I was an amateur. He's going to stick with me when I'm a professional." Listen, amateurs get tropies; professionals get checks. My father's not the only trainer out there. Lou DelValle is a hell of a trainer. The guy that works with Kid Chocolate [Eric Brown], he's from Grand Rapids, he's a good trainer. Boza Edwards is a good trainer. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad is a good trainer. If you want to get to a certain level, you gotta make the best move that you think you can make for yourself and your career. 

But like I said before, I really like Canelo. I don't have anything against him. In this interview, I don't have anything towards anyone. I'm just speaking from the heart and speaking facts. I never cried or complained when I fought Genaro Hernandez when I was young. Canelo is 25 and he got 40-something or 50-something fights, but now they saying he was too young when he fought me? They didn't say he was too young for Mosley. What's the other guy at jr. middleweight that he knocked out, the guy that I beat at welterweight for the title; the guy who beat Zab?

BT: Carlos Baldomir.

FM: Was he too young for Baldomir? So he was too young to fight me, but he wasn't too young to fight Shane or Cotto? When Canelo faced Shane, was Shane over the hill? Or when he faced Cotto, was Cotto over the hill? Or did they handpick those two guys when those two guys weren't at their best? I don't have anything against Canelo. I commend him for doing a good job, but like I said before, now that you done seen Cotto and Canelo fight, remember they both faced me and you know what I did.

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